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Australian doctors urge government to rethink mass Covid-19 vaccination hubs

SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian authorities should add more clinics to speed up the country’s struggling Covid-19 vaccine rollout, its main medical association said on Thursday (April 15), dismissing a government plan to create mass inoculation hubs as unworkable in the near term. Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Omar Khorshid said establishing mass centres would pose […]

Australian doctors urge government to rethink mass Covid-19 vaccination hubs

SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian authorities should add more clinics to speed up the country’s struggling Covid-19 vaccine rollout, its main medical association said on Thursday (April 15), dismissing a government plan to create mass inoculation hubs as unworkable in the near term. Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Omar Khorshid said establishing mass centres would pose […]

Chinese President Xi pledges China will hold a 'safe, simple, splendid' Olympics

BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to hold a successful Winter Olympics next year in Beijing, responding to challenges the event faces from the coronavirus pandemic and international criticism over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. “With the active support and participation of all parties, we’re confident about overcoming the impact of the […]

Chinese President Xi pledges China will hold a 'safe, simple, splendid' Olympics

BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to hold a successful Winter Olympics next year in Beijing, responding to challenges the event faces from the coronavirus pandemic and international criticism over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. “With the active support and participation of all parties, we’re confident about overcoming the impact of the […]

ITE student made false report against ex-boyfriend after she breached curfew

SINGAPORE – A 20-year-old student who did not want to get into trouble for breaching her curfew made a police report against her former boyfriend, falsely claiming that he had assaulted her and forced her into a van. Police later learnt the incident did not happen. Tharuna Thirunavukkarasu, a student with the Institute of Technical […]

Teen, 15, nabbed for suspected loanshark harassment

SINGAPORE – A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a case of loanshark harassment in Choa Chu Kang, the police said on Thursday (April 15). On March 31, they were alerted to the incident involving the gate of a residential unit in Choa Chu Kang Street 54 being secured with a […]

Teen, 15, nabbed for suspected loanshark harassment

SINGAPORE – A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a case of loanshark harassment in Choa Chu Kang, the police said on Thursday (April 15). On March 31, they were alerted to the incident involving the gate of a residential unit in Choa Chu Kang Street 54 being secured with a […]

Goh Meng Seng's FB posts and Singapore Uncensored site issued Pofma correction orders

SINGAPORE – The Republic’s fake news law was invoked after unsubstantiated claims about adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines were posted on Facebook and published online by a website. In a statement on Thursday (April 15), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said the Health Minister had instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) […]